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Dominican
Advent Prayer and Brunch
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The
Dominican Family and Dominican Sisters gathered on Saturday, December
15th for our Annual Advent Prayer and Brunch. In addition to the
hope-filled music, Sr. Heloise Cruzat, OP provided us with a message of
hope.
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The
Dominican Sisters of Houston presented the Sr. Pauline Gannon Award to
Pilar Hernandez (Pictured below); recognizing her countless years of
work managing the Dominican garden.
Pilar Hernandez has been with the Dominican Sisters Community
Garden since 2008, managing it since 2013. The garden produces,
on average, 1,000 pounds of produce per year, although 2018 was
record-setting with over 1,300 pounds! Our donation sites are
Star of Hope on Reed Road, and Manna House on Blodgett Street. The
garden produces in all four seasons, is organic, and totally a donation
garden; it is affiliated with Urban Harvest. Pilar Hernandez does
all the planning and securing of plants/seeds, soil management/rotation
of crops, and skillfully teaches our volunteers who come on Tuesday
mornings. She is faithfully watchful about every detail:
when to water, when to harvest, when to plant additional veggies.
Pilar and her husband Jorge are from Chile and became U.S.
citizens in 2018. - Sr. Heloise Cruzat, OP
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Integral
Ecology Study/Action Committee Gathering
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Following
the Advent Prayer and Brunch, the Integral Ecology Study/Action
Committee gathered. For more information on this group or to
join, please contact Neil Douglas at oxfordcg@swbell.net.
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Christmas
Cookie Decorating at Angela House
Several Dominican Family members celebrated the Advent season
by joining the women of Angela House for their annual Christmas cookie
decorating. As you can tell from the photos, a great time was had by
all. The women of Angela House use this event to prepare goodie bags
for their family members, co-workers, and others in their lives.
Photos are courtesy of Dominican Family member, Phylliss
Chappell, MD.
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Reminder:
Next
Gathering on January 14, 2019
The Dominican Family Gathering for January has been moved from
Monday, January 7th to Monday, January 14th. As usual we will
gather at 6:30 and begin at 7:00 PM.
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Dominican
Family Informational Gathering
on
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 6:30 PM
Invite,
Invite, Invite
Have
friends, family or colleagues who might be interested in learning about
Dominican Family? It's time to invite them to the Dominican Family Informational
Meeting on Wednesday, Jan 16 (6:30 to
8:00 p.m.) DF is open to people of many faith traditions, races
and walks of life. Following wine and snacks, the evening will include
a short presentation by Sr. Carol on St. Dominic, the formation of the
Dominican Family and our mission of walking side-by-side with the
Dominican Sisters of Houston. There is an attached PDF for the
Informational Gathering that can be downloaded and shared with your
guests via print, text or email.
For more information contact Sr. Carol at 832-628-0280 or cmayes@domhou.org.
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